The Keeper 2019 - 2026
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.The Keeper 2019 – 2026
The Keeper Project is a long form, live, public art project embedded in place. It began as a partnership between Jason Maling/Field Theory, Sunshine Coast Council, Red Chair and a collective of local artists. The project initially ran for two years in Coolum after a
successful pilot phase in 2019. In 2024 it runs in Nambour, in 2025, Caloundra, and Maroochydore in 2026.
The conceptual premise is a constantly evolving ‘role’ that is taken on by a local community member for one month then passed on to be reinvented by a new person. 'Keepers' work as observers, explorers, collectors and makers within their community by developing a repeated public ritual that enables them to engage with the public. They become the archaeologists of local stories, uncovering the uniqueness of a place and making visible the things that go unseen.
A daily log is kept by each keeper and posted online: www.keeperproject.com.au
Jason Maling and Martyn Coutts guide the project in collaboration with Red Chair, running workshops for each set of Keepers and providing ongoing mentorship.
The original Coolum Keepers were: John Fuller, Jacqui Sanderson, Amie Moffat, Libby Derham, Peta O’Hara, Shannon O’Carroll, Simone Gillam, Kellie O’Demsey, Alison Mooney, Jack Hagan, Andrew Veiviers, Santiago Bruno, Cooper Brady and Petalia Humpheries.
Principal Project partners: Angie Dunbaven (Red Chair), Megan Rowland (Sunshine Coast Council), Martyn Coutts (Field Theory), Coolum Documentation - Cooper Brady
The Keeper youtube video (Project pilot, Coolum, QLD 2019)
